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Rethinking the Future – – Rethinking the Future – A series of four lectures – by Joseph A. Camilleri Hosted by St Michael’s on Collins Melbourne Lecture 3 Islam, the Middle East and the West before and since 9/11 1

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Resources Website 2

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Resources The Oxford Research Group (ORG) is a leading independent think- tank that has been influential for 30 years in pioneering the idea of sustainable approaches to security as an alternative to violent global confrontation, through original research, wide-ranging dialogue, and practical policy recommendations. Resources

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The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non- governmental organisation committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.

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Global Religious Landscape report December 2012 Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life

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Choke Points Choke Points ____________________________ The Muslim world borders or encompasses key choke points around the world, including: Strait of Gibraltar The Dardanelles and the Bosphorus The Suez Canal Bab el Mandeb The Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Malacca Straits contained within Indonesian archipelago

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Bab el Mandeb

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Strait of Hormuz

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Southeast Asia

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The Middle East

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the birthplace of the three Abrahamic Faiths... a place steeped in history

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... an unending list of conflicts World War I World War II Arab-Israeli conflict 1948 Arab-Israeli War 1956 Suez War 1967 Six Day War War of Attrition 1973 Yom Kippur War 1982 Lebanon War First Intifada South Lebanon conflict al-Aqsa Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Israel-Gaza conflict 2014 Gaza Conflict

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... a place of division and conflict ISRAEL-PALESTINE  Gaza Strip = sandwiched between Israel and Egypt = recurring flashpoint in Israel-Palestinian conflict  Israel occupied Gaza in 1967 Middle East war and pulled its troops and settlers out in  This was meant to be the end of the occupation, but Israel still exercises control over most of Gaza's borders, waters and airspace.  Egypt controls Gaza's southern border

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... a place of devastation

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... but also a place of coexistence

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... and a deep yearning for peace More than 150 Palestinian and Israeli youth met over 3 years to create 330 square feet of mosaic.

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April Bomb attack on synagogue in Tunisia kills 21 people, including 18 German tourists 6 October A crew member dies after bomb attack on French oil tanker off the coast of Yemen 12 October A bomb explodes in Bali nightclub killing 202 people, many of them Westerners 28 November 2 attacks launched against Israeli targets in Mombasa, Kenya – hotel blast kills 16 ATTACKS ON US INTERESTS SINCE SEPTEMBER 11

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MayCasablanca hit by series of suicide bombings that kill 41 people, including 12 attackers 12 May At least 34 people killed in bomb attacks in Riyadh – carried out against luxury compounds housing foreign nationals and offices of US-Saudi company 8 November Bomb attack on housing complex in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – 17 people are killed and more than 100 injured in the blast, mostly foreign Arab workers 5 November At least 23 people killed and more than 300 injured in two devastating attacks on synagogues in Istanbul 20 November In coordinated attacks on British Consulate and the HSBC bank offices in Istanbul, 27 people die and more than 450 are injured MAJOR ATTACKS BLAMED ON AL QAEDA SINCE SEPTEMBER 11

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March Devastating terror attacks in Madrid – 10 bombs explode on 4 trains in 3 stations during morning rush hour, killing 191 people and injuring at least 1, April Suicide bomb attack in Riyadh kills four people and injures at least May Gunmen kill at least 5 Westerners in attacks in Saudi Arabian port city of Yanbu 29 MayMilitant shooting spree and siege kill 22 in Saudi Arabia 18 JuneUS engineer beheaded in Saudi Arabia 9 SeptemberBomb attack at Australian embassy in Jakarta kills at least nine people and injures more than 180 others Source: BBC News MAJOR ATTACKS BLAMED ON AL QAEDA SINCE SEPTEMBER 11

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Muslim Grievances against the West Support for Israel Depressed economic conditions Support for corrupt and authoritarian regimes Affront to religious sensibilities West’s indifference to / ignorance of the past greatness of Islamic civilization Treatment of Muslim minorities